Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Ellis Cose (1951- )
Louis Tompkins Wright
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Louis T. Wright (1891-1952)
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Nathan Francis Mossell (1856-1946)
Gobo Fango’s Gravestone Near Oakley, Idaho
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Gobo Fango (1855-1886)

Explore Global African History

Festus Okotie-Eboh
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Festus Samuel Okotie-Eboh (1912-1966)
Anton Wilhelm Amo Statue at the University of Halle, Germany
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Anton Wilhelm Amo (1703? -1753)
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Henri Christophe (1767-1820)
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Ancient Nubia (ca. 5000 BC-500 AD)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Eddie “the Sheik” Gardner: An Ultramarathoning Legend and Unsung Hero in the Struggle for Racial Equality in America.
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Fort Worth, Texas, Where the West and the South Meet: A Brief History of the City’s African American Community, 1849-2012
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Black Lives Matter: The Growth of a New Social Justice Movement
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Patient Zero: Thomas Eric Duncan and the Ebola Crisis in West Africa and the United States

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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